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4B Daily News – Friday, September 2, 2011 Game Warden Academy deadline Foundation offers grants Applications are now being accepted for the Department of Fish and Game Warden Academy at Butte College in Oroville. The academy will begin in January 2013 and is scheduled to graduate in September 2013. The application dead- line is Nov. 4, 2011. The deadline for cur- rent peace officers to apply for a shortened lat- eral academy is Sept. 16, 2011 for an academy scheduled to begin in Sep- tember 2012. An increase in the number of applications received is expected as a result of the first season of "Wild Justice," a reality show that premiered on the National Geographic Channel in November 2010. The popular show chronicles California game wardens' efforts to combat poachers and pol- luters. '"Wild Justice" has given many hopeful can- didates a clear picture of the intensive law enforcement nature of a game warden," said DFG recruiter Lt. Jeff Long- well. "Game wardens are charged with ensuring public safety, investigat- ing illegal sales of wildlife and parts thereof, protecting the state from pollution, enforcing habi- tat protection laws, fight- ing illegal drug traffick- ing, keeping the home- land secure and respond- ing during natural disas- ters." A typical day for a Cal- ifornia game warden is as diverse as the state's fish and wildlife. Wardens have the opportunity to patrol ocean, desert, mountain and valley envi- ronments, as well as Cali- fornia's urban areas. They frequently work indepen- dently and conduct full- scale law enforcement investigations. Wardens employ everything from all-ter- rain vehicles to jet skis to snowmobiles while on patrol, and spend much of a typical day making con- tact with Californians in the great outdoors. DFG has a dive team and uses K-9 partners as well. Environmental crimes and pollution incidents also fall under the purview of game wardens. Annually, wardens make contact with more than 295,000 people and issue more than 15,000 citations for violations of the law. Successful lateral academy applicants will enter a 30-week program, followed by at least three, three-week long training assignments where they will work with a seasoned field training officer. DFG's academy at Butte College is Peace Officer Standards and Training certified. Cadets are trained to be police officers with specific emphasis on working as wardens. In California, with 159,000 square miles that offer habitat and wildlife diversity unequaled by any other state, the aver- age warden has a patrol district of more than 600 square miles. The state has more than 1,100 miles of coastline, 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, 4,800 lakes and reser- voirs, three desert habitat areas and scores of high mountain peaks. More information and applications are available at www.dfg.ca.gov/enforce- ment. Applications are now being accepted online and must be post- marked by the due date for each category described above. To learn more about game wardens, please view DFG's new recruit- ment videos at www.dfg.ca.gov/enforce- ment/career. Explore the science of treasure hunting and discover John and Annie Bidwell's camping style with the opening of the fall exhibits at Gate- way Science Museum. The new exhibits open at noon on Saturday, Sept. 10 and feature The Hunt for Treasure!, Past Tents: The Way We Camped and Earth as Art 3. The Hunt for Treasure! highlights the science, history and thrill of trea- sure hunting. Visitors can explore the sunken treasure of ships that never arrived at their destinations or trea- sures unearthed by Gold-Rush era miners. Hands-on activities engage visitors in the tools of treasure hunt- ing while hunting for treasures hidden within the museum. Visitors will also explore geocaching, the modern ver- sion of treasure hunting using global positioning systems and smartphone maps. Treasure and camping at Gateway Science Museum Past Tents: The Way We Camped explores camping in California from post-Gold Rush times to the mid- 1900s. Early camping was an enter- prise of independence, simplicity and festivity. It offered a change of pace, the splendor of scenery and an oppor- tunity to be close to nature and escape the trappings of society for a time. Through whimsical photos, vintage canvas tents and 3-D images of a by- gone era, visitors will explore camp- ing styles from the simplest blanket- and-fry pan outfits to elaborate open- air housekeeping extravaganzas. In the Valley Gallery discover Earth as Art 3, a collection of photo- graphic images taken from space. The images, taken by Landsat satellites, were selected for aesthetic purposes from images originally collected for scientific research. Covering the sand dunes of Algeria to the Painted Desert North Valley Community Foundation has once again launched its annual Annie B's Community Drive. The Annie B's Community Drive is reportedly the largest community-wide grant program in the region. All nonprofit organizations and charitable causes in Butte, Glenn, Tehama and Colusa counties are eligible to participate. The Drive, in its fifth year, is looking for a renewed com- mitment to continue for five more years. The CEO, Alexa Valavanis, works with two anonymous local donors who give a $50,000 grant each year, and the North Valley Community Foundation adds another $50,000 to a grant pool. Participating nonprofits raise money during this two-month campaign and receive a percentage grant from this pool for monies raised at the end of the Drive. The foundation is always looking for local businesses to assist with the grant pool, thereby maximizing the impact of charitable giving in local communities. The year started August 1, with 163 charitable causes participating in the program. The Annie B's Community Drive is designed to encour- age giving to local nonprofits during a two-month donation period, August 1 to September 30. During the first four campaigns, nearly $4 million in contributions for local nonprofits was matched by close to $400,000 from North Valley Community Foundation, allowing donors' contributions to make an even greater dif- ference in the region. Gifts are made to NVCF by a donor on behalf of the qualified local charity. Nonprofits receive 100 percent of the donor contributions plus monies added from the grant funds available. The total amount of donations determines the match percentage. Donations can be mailed to North Valley Community of Arizona, these images offer a unique way to view our planet and its many natural wonders. The Hunt for Treasure is organized by NRG! Exhibits. Past Tents: The Way We Camped was produced by the California Historical Society and The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, and based on the book co-published by Heyday Books and The Bancroft Library in 2006. The exhibition tour is orga- nized by Exhibit Envoy. Earth as Art 3 is provided by the United States Geological Survey. Gateway Science Museum is open Wednesday – Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., and is located at 625 Esplanade. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children and free for museum mem- bers. For more information, please visit www.gatewayscience.org or check out our Facebook page. Foundation at 3120 Cohasset Road, Suite 8, Chico, CA 95973, or by going online to nvcf.org/donate. A special event will be held Sept. 15 in conjunction with the Thursday Night Market at the Chico City Plaza high- lighting participating nonprofits. The areas of service represented by nonprofits partici- pating in the Drive are vast, ranging from animal welfare, education, scholarships, healthcare, environment, commu- nity services, older adult services, human services, the arts, youth development and international services. A complete list of participating nonprofits is available online. In addition to increasing support for local nonprofit orga- nizations, the goal of Annie B's Community Drive is to help organizations fulfill their missions in sustainable ways and to increase support from donations. Many participating organizations will use this opportunity to create and/or increase their endowment funds at NVCF. When the economy is down, what better way to give. A donor gives a little, NVCF gives a little, the nonprofit gets all of it. The NVCF office is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed for lunch from 1 to 2 p.m., and by appointments. NVCF is at 3120 Cohasset Rd., Suite 8 in Chico. 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